# Need help setting up ruby-xslt on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335 "2006-09-11T21:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/1 "2006-09-11T21:39:26Z")
Has anyone successfully built and used the ruby-xslt library on Windows? I’ve downloaded the source, downloaded a libxslt binary, but am having a heck of a time trying to run make against the downloaded files. I’m hoping to hear if someone had actually had success with this building the library in Cygwin. I would then like to ask more questions if anyone has actually done this. Thanks, Wes ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/2 "2006-09-12T20:33:30Z")
More info.: I’m using the MinGW make to try to build this extension. =========== Generate Makefile ============ When I invoke the script to generate my Makefile, I get this: C:\ruby-xslt\>ruby extconf.rb --with-xslt-dir=c:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32 compile with : CFLAGS = -g -Wall -MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 -Ic:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32/include -DUSE \_EXSLT LDFLAGS = -Lc:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32/lib -lxslt -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -liconv - lm -lexslt creating extconf.h creating Makefile c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb:985: warning: global variable `$preload’ not initia lized When I call mingw32-make, I get: =========== Invoke make ============ C:\ruby-xslt\>mingw32-make makefile:131: \*\*\* target pattern contains no `%’. Stop. The makefile is attached. Line 131 is: {$(topdir)}.cc{}.obj: and topdir is defined in the beginning of the makefile as: topdir = c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin3 Is this Makefile incorrect? I’m not sure I’ve seen syntax like {$(topdir)} before. Thanks, Wes ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/3 "2006-10-01T19:07:34Z")
Wes G. wrote: > More info.: > > I’m using the MinGW make to try to build this extension. > > =========== Generate Makefile ============ > When I invoke the script to generate my Makefile, I get this: > > C:\ruby-xslt\>ruby extconf.rb --with-xslt-dir=c:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32 > compile with : > CFLAGS = -g -Wall -MD -Zi -O2b2xg- -G6 > -Ic:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32/include -DUSE > \_EXSLT > LDFLAGS = -Lc:/libxslt-1.1.17.win32/lib -lxslt -lxml2 -lz -lpthread > -liconv - > lm -lexslt > > creating extconf.h > creating Makefile > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb:985: warning: global variable `$preload’ > not initia > lized > > When I call mingw32-make, I get: > > =========== Invoke make ============ > > C:\ruby-xslt\>mingw32-make > makefile:131: \*\*\* target pattern contains no `%’. Stop. > > The makefile is attached. Line 131 is: > > {$(topdir)}.cc{}.obj: > > and topdir is defined in the beginning of the makefile as: > > topdir = c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin3 > > Is this Makefile incorrect? I’m not sure I’ve seen syntax like > {$(topdir)} before. > > Thanks, > Wes Hi I have the same problem in this days !!! I used the package “ruby-serialport” to make somethings with RS-232c BUT I found errors when I tried to use make from “msys tool” That’s happens in Windows XP platform… Did you find the solution??? ☹ Many thanks Alessandro ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/4 "2006-10-02T04:45:14Z")
Alex A. wrote: > Hi > I have the same problem in this days !!! > I used the package “ruby-serialport” to make somethings with RS-232c BUT > I found errors when I tried to use make from “msys tool” > > That’s happens in Windows XP platform… Did you find the solution??? > ☹ > > Many thanks > Alessandro Alex, I haven’t resolved it. I was going to try and play with the makefile but haven’t gotten around to it. Wes ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/5 "2007-01-23T01:44:09Z")
Alex, I’ve come back to needing to set up ruby-xslt on Windows. Did you make any progress? Wes ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/6 "2007-01-24T17:18:56Z")
I Wes No progress !!! (for now I work with C language to do somethings with serial port) Sorry! see you later Alex Wes G. wrote: > Alex, > > I’ve come back to needing to set up ruby-xslt on Windows. Did you make > any progress? > > Wes ---
**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-setting-up-ruby-xslt-on-windows/68335/7 "2007-01-24T17:29:31Z")
Alex A. wrote: > I Wes > > No progress !!! (for now I work with C language to do somethings with > serial port) > Sorry! Alex, I ended up doing this instead: [http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/95050](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/95050) Wes